2008–09 W-League

W-League
Season	2008–09
Dates	25 October 2008 – 17 January 2009
Matches played	41
Goals scored	130 (3.17 per match)
Biggest home win	Queensland Roar 4–1 Adelaide United; (25 October 2008); Melbourne Victory 3–0 Perth Glory; (8 November 2008); Newcastle Jets 4–1 Perth Glory; (23 November 2008); Queensland Roar 3–0 Sydney FC; (29 November 2008)
Biggest away win	Adelaide United 0–6 Central Coast Mariners; (6 December 2008)
Highest scoring	Perth Glory 3–5 Queensland Roar; (7 December 2008)
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The 2008–09 W-League was the first season of the W-League, the top Australian professional women's soccer league, since its establishment in 2008.

The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.^[1] Queensland Roar were crowned as Premiers for winning the home-and-away season and also Champions after defeating Canberra United 2–0 in the Grand Final.

Teams

Eight teams competed in the league.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	16,500
Canberra United	Canberra	McKellar Park	3,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Parramatta Stadium	24,000
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Bob Jane Stadium	12,000
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Wanderers Oval	1,000
Perth Glory	Perth	Members Equity Stadium	20,500
Queensland Roar	Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium	18,000
Sydney FC	Sydney	Parramatta Stadium	24,000

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Queensland Roar (C)	10	8	1	1	27	7	+20	25	Qualification to Finals series
2	Newcastle Jets	10	5	2	3	17	12	+5	17
3	Canberra United	10	4	4	2	14	10	+4	16
4	Sydney FC	10	4	2	4	15	14	+1	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	0	6	13	13	0	12
6	Central Coast Mariners	10	4	0	6	15	20	−5	12
7	Perth Glory	10	3	2	5	14	24	−10	11
8	Adelaide United	10	2	1	7	13	28	−15	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ADL	CAN	CCM	MVC	NEW	PER	QLD	SYD
Adelaide United	—	—	0–6	0–3	3–2	1–3	—	3–2
Canberra United	0–0	—	1–2	3–2	—	—	1–1	1–1
Central Coast Mariners	—	0–3	—	2–0	2–4	3–1	0–5	—
Melbourne Victory	—	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	3–0	1–3	—
Newcastle Jets	2–1	2–1	—	—	—	4–1	0–2	2–0
Perth Glory	3–2	2–2	—	—	0–0	—	3–5	0–4
Queensland Roar	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	—	—	—	3–0
Sydney FC	3–2	—	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	—

Source: WorldFootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finals			Grand Final

1	Queensland Roar	1 (5)

4	Sydney FC	1 (4)
			1	Queensland Roar	2

			3	Canberra United	0
2	Newcastle Jets	0

3	Canberra United	1

Semi-finals

10 January 2009	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Canberra United	Newcastle
16:00 AEST			Mowbray 25'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval Attendance: 2,889 Referee: Sara Hodson

11 January 2009	Queensland Roar	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Yallop 29'		O'Neill 71'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Jacqui Melksham
	Penalties
	Dumont Yallop Kellond-Knight Harch Beaumont Reuter		Brogan Bolger Clifford Ledbrook Khamis Walsh

Grand Final

17 January 2009	Queensland Roar	2–0	Canberra United	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Harch 6' Yallop 26'			Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Club	Goals per Game
Total	Player		Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7		Leena Khamis	Sydney FC	2	1	1	1	1					1
6		Courtney Beutel	Queensland Roar			1		1	1	1	1	1
6		Katie Gill	Newcastle Jets	2			1	1				2
5		Lana Harch	Queensland Roar	2			1			1		1
5		Kyah Simon	Central Coast Mariners			2			1	2
4		Lauren Colthorpe	Queensland Roar	1		1	1		1
		Caitlin Munoz	Canberra United						1	1	1		1
		Sandra Scalzi	Adelaide United		3							1
		Marianna Tabain	Perth Glory					1		1	1	1

Goal scored from penalty kick

Awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2008–09 Westfield W-League Awards night that took place on 21 January 2009.^[2]

Player of the Year: Lana Harch, Queensland Roar
Goalkeeper of the Year: Melissa Barbieri, Melbourne Victory
Golden Boot: Leena Khamis, Sydney FC – 7 goals
Goal of the Year: Marianna Tabain, Perth Glory – Round 9, Adelaide United v Perth Glory
Fair Play Award: Queensland Roar
Referee of the Year: Jacqui Melksham
Coach of the Year: Jeff Hopkins, Queensland Roar

References

^ "Westfield W-League draw released". A-League. 6 October 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010.
^ "Lana Harch wins top gong". Keep Up. 21 January 2009.

[1] "Westfield W-League draw released". A-League. 6 October 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010.

[2] "Lana Harch wins top gong". Keep Up. 21 January 2009.

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